A reminder of those 20 riders out front: Jan Bakelants (AG2R-La Mondiale), Daniele Bennati (Movistar), Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), Ben Swift (UAE), Rudy Molard (FDJ), Michael Albasini and Jens Keukeleire (Orica), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data), Gianluca Brambilla (Quick Step), Robert Kiserlovski (Katusha), Thomas De Gendt and Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Soudal), Nikias Arndt (Sunweb), Julien Simon (Cofidis), Lilian Calmejane, Sylvain Chavanel and Romain Sicard (Direct Energie), Elie Gesbert, Romain Hardy and Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fortuneo-Oscaro).

So Britain's Swift is a fast finisher too, though perhaps not the pure sprinter he used to be.

This would be the biggest win of his career if he pulls it off. He did finish second in the 2016 Milan San Remo, which is a select sprint at the end of a long ride.

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After that flurry of attacks over the Col du Pointu, the front group of 20 riders all back together and barrelling towards the finishing line in Salon-de-Provence.

They won't want to bring Edvald Boasson Hagen to the finish. Expect more attacks.

Chris Froome has had such a comfortable day that the yellow jersey has even found time to high five Tour de France superfan Didi the Devil.

You'll no doubt have seen Didi - real name Dieter Senft - jumping up and down by the side of the road as the peloton speeds past.

The German has been eve-present at the Tour for over 20 years now - except for 2012 when he was recovering from surgery.

I remember driving into a very small French town before stage 10 of the 2015 Tour on La Pierre Saint-Martin, to see Didi, surrounded by a large crowd, dancing and drawing with chalk on the road.

Scenes.

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The gap from the break to the peloton hits nine minutes for the first time today.

Chris Froome and co still on their last climb of the Tour as the breakaway descend.

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The break is back together but Bauke Mollema now ups the ante on the descent of the Col du Pointu.

Tony Gallopin putting in a huge effort to get back on.

Kiserlovski, Sicard and Gesbert are still out front at the top of the Col du Pointu.

But they will soon be rejoined by the rest of the break, who are being pulled along by De Gendt.

That's put his team-mate Gallopin back in trouble. A double sandbag from the Frenchman, who was indeed not feeling great but lay it down in support of De Gendt.

Top sandbagging from Tony Gallopin.

The Frenchman looked to be in trouble, but rejoins the group and then sets off in pursuit of Kiserlovski, Sicard and Gesbert, who have attacked their breakaway partners.

More attacks now as the Tour's youngest rider Elie Gesbert has a go.

That's put Tony Gallopin in trouble, the Lotto Soudal rider just about hanging on off the back of the front group.

The breakaway will be trying to get rid of the fastest finishers and namely Edvald Boasson Hagen.

Trouble is, the Norwegian is pretty decent going uphill, too.

Plenty of digs so far but everyone hanging on for now.

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The peloton are onto the last climb too now.

The break starting to up the tempo, trying to force the selection.

The breakaway are onto the final categorised climb of both the day and the Tour overall.

It's the category three Col du Pointu - 5.8km long with 4.1% average gradient.

Will any of them try to escape over the top?

Trouble is, they'll still have all of 50km to race when they do.

Madness it is.

Keukeleire is back in the front bunch of 20 riders.

Madness? Genius?

Orica's Jens Keukeleire has attacked from the breakaway with 60km to go.

The Belgian has an advantage of 10 seconds.

We're seeking your nomination for our end of Tour awards - The Pelotony's.

Here are a couple of examples...

Cheryl Black: Best rider - Mikel Landa. Biggest disappointment - Nairo Quintana. Worst stage - stage 9 - lots of drama but for the wrong reasons.

David Hawkins: Best rider - Kwiatkowski as super domestique. Loved the trackstand. Disappointment - Quintana. Not in his team's WhatsApp group - Fabio Aru has had no friends at Astana.

A reminder of the categories so far:

• Best rider (doesn't have to be the yellow jersey)
• Biggest disappointment
• Best stage
• Worst stage
• The futility jersey (for most attacks in vain)
• The rider not in his own team's WhatsApp group

Send your nominations in using #bbccycling or text us on 81111. Any cracking suggestions for other categories will also be considered.

The winners and losers will be revealed during BeSpoke's final show in Paris on Sunday.

The gap is holding at 8'30'' or so.

Serene progress south for the peloton today.

The break will start turning their attentions to the final category three climb, coming up in the next 20km.

A reminder of those 20 riders out front: Jan Bakelants (AG2R-La Mondiale), Daniele Bennati (Movistar), Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo), Ben Swift (UAE), Rudy Molard (FDJ), Michael Albasini and Jens Keukeleire (Orica), Edvald Boasson Hagen (Dimension Data), Gianluca Brambilla (Quick Step), Robert Kiserlovski (Katusha), Thomas De Gendt and Tony Gallopin (Lotto-Soudal), Nikias Arndt (Sunweb), Julien Simon (Cofidis), Lilian Calmejane, Sylvain Chavanel and Romain Sicard (Direct Energie), Elie Gesbert, Romain Hardy and Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fortuneo-Oscaro).

Pick your winner from that bunch.

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The advantage of the 20-man front group is back out to 8'20'' over the Team Sky-led peloton.

That's more than enough for them to stay away until the finish now.

As they near the finale, expect plenty of attacks from the front group to slim down the numbers as riders try to give themselves the best chance of a stage win.

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Fire in your questions using #bbccycling and have them answered on air by our commentary pairing of Simon Brotherton and Rob Hayles - you can listen in by clicking the tab at the top of this page.

Jon Maddison: So has any rider ever lost the yellow jersey on the last day in Paris?

Here's Simon Brotherton with the answer: "Yes! Laurent Fignon lost the 1989 Tour on the final day. The final stage was a 25km time trial in Paris and Fignon came in just under a minute slower than rival Greg LeMond and lost the yellow jersey by just eight seconds.

"It was an extraordniary finish - unfortunately Fignon was rememmbered as the rider who lost the Tour by eight seconds but, as he always said, he also won two other Tours.

"Fignon is sadly no longer with us but what a classy rider he was."

The break have reached the intermediate sprint point, 136.5km into the stage.

Thomas de Gendt, ever the attacker, pops off the front to go through first and take the 20 points on offer.

That means Michael Matthews has now sewn up the green jersey points classification as someone other than Andre Greipel (albeit a Lotto Soudal team-mate) has picked up points.

It was almost certain even before the start of the stage, with Greipel needing to win all remaining stages and intermediate sprints just to draw level with Matthews.

But now it is certain - Sunweb's Matthews will wear green in Paris, as long as he doesn't crash out.